Is pressing and holding the power button any danger to the computer?

 

We sometimes make mistakes in the way we treat our personal devices, especially when we're in a hurry. So we shut down the desktop computer, laptop, or tablet by pressing and holding the power button until the device is turned off. Others of us would go so far as to remove the power cable completely from the outlet.

 

But did you know that in this way it is possible to damage any of the components of the device? If you are lucky, it may be limited to damage to the Windows system data, and then of course you may lose much important information that was on the desktop and did not remember to keep it in A safe place before you cause windows to collapse. In this article, we will explain to you why prolonged pressing of the power button in order to turn off the computer is wrong and may cost us serious consequences.

 

Why is pressing and holding the power button wrong?

 

Let's answer this question very briefly. Yes, this process known as "Hard Reboot" or "Force Shutdown" can cause "simple" damage to your computer, and may damage any of its components. Of course, when you give the command "Shutdown" to the computer normally, only then does the operating system give warning commands to all components to turn themselves off slowly and correctly.

 

In other words, then all the components of the computer go through a different number of operating stages within moments until they are properly shut down. But when you press and hold the power button, in this way you send a strong electric charge to all components of the computer, which may sometimes be very dangerous and may cause damage to any of the components, especially the "hard" storage disk.

 

If you are lucky, the only affected may be the operating system "Windows" and this process may cause damage and destruction of system configuration information and data and eventually the operating system will collapse and not be able to run itself properly.

 

Therefore, it is better to shut down the device correctly through the shutdown options provided by the Windows system, because in this way you ask the system to configure all components of the computer and alert them to turn itself off slowly and go through the correct shutdown stages.

 

Conversely, it may cause damage to any of the electrical circuits of the computer components, and at that time this circuit will stop receiving electric current, and this may cost you the loss of any of the computer components, but as we mentioned in the introduction, if you are lucky, at least it is possible that This method causes damage to the Windows system files and eventually crashes.

 

Some of us rely on this method without facing any problem

 

Yes, I hear you very clearly. There are many of us who rely on the method of long pressing the power button in order to turn off the computer and have not encountered any problem before and have not caused any damage to any of the components of the device or even the operating system, but why?

 

The answer to this question is very simple, but it needs clarification. At the present time, all the power switches in desktop computers, laptops, tablets, or even consoles are called “soft switches” and the purpose of their use is that they send a signal to smart electrical circuits in order to start the shutdown process automatically. It is true that the one responsible for managing and controlling it is the "operating" system in the first place.

 

With the advancement of technology and the interest of electronics engineers in smart power circuits, we are “already” able to turn off the computer through the power button normally. But wait a while, sometimes the shutdown process may not be done properly, and the reason is that the operating system itself did not send the correct instructions and commands at the right time to the smart power circuits to turn itself off properly. So it depends very much on the "luck" factor and how well the Windows system is configured and ready to carry out such a process properly. Sometimes the Windows system may not be ready to perform this process, and herein lies the danger.

 

So, what are the risks that the device can be exposed to as a result of this process?

 

If you are seriously following all that we have mentioned in the previous paragraphs, then you are already aware of the dangers that the shutdown process can cause by pressing and holding the power button. For example, all modern smart devices need to go through a set of stages during the shutdown process so as not to cause damage to any of the components of the device, and the main controller is the operating system.

 

Of course, the Windows system depends on random access memory "RAM" in order to store information and data temporarily, and it is the responsibility of the operating system to take care of this process. But if you turn off and suddenly cut off the power supply to the device, the operating system may not be able to properly store the information and data you were working on. Thus, it may cause damage to this data due to the incomplete process of saving and storing it normally, and in the worst case, it may cause damage to the data and configuration information of the operating system itself.

 

In the end, what is true?

 

The correct thing is that you never force your device to shut down by pressing and holding the power button, but it is better to look for the shutdown options in the main boot menu such as the Power Off, Shutdown, or Restart options. Fortunately, today's computer engineers pay full attention to the power circuits in hardware components, and they care about the need to complete the graceful and correct shutdown of devices even by pressing and holding the power button. But in the worst case, the shutdown process may not be done properly by this method.

 

Instead, you can rely on the "Sleep" feature if your device has it. This process is much better than turning off the computer via the power button, which allows you to restart the computer and continue your work normally by clicking any key on the keyboard. Computer.

 

In the end, do not try to rely on the forced shutdown process only when necessary, that is, when you are surprised that the computer or device you are using stops responding completely to any command you ask of it. Only in this case, there is no option available to you but to press and hold the power button in order to turn off or restart the computer.

 

But of course, these cases are supposed to be exceptional and do not happen often, but if you find yourself having to do this process permanently, then there is certainly something wrong with your device and the reason may be the operating system. In this case, look for any malfunctions in the rams, try to replace the rams, or set the Windows system from scratch and look at the results.